迦

Meaning

迦 is a kanji used primarily for its sound in phonetic transcriptions, especially of Sanskrit terms. It has no independent meaning in Japanese beyond this phonetic role.

• 釈迦しゃか
  N1

  Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha

• お釈迦様おしゃかさま

  Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)

• 釈迦如来しゃかにょらい

  Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)

• お釈迦おしゃか

  poorly made article; defective article

• 釈迦牟尼しゃかむに

  Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)

• お釈迦さんおしゃかさん

  Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th century BCE?)

• 倶利迦羅くりから

  Kulika; manifestation of Acala in the form of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword

• 倶利迦羅竜王くりからりゅうおう

  Dragon King Kulika; manifestation of Acala in the form of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword

• 倶利迦羅紋紋くりからもんもん

  tattoo (esp. one of a flame-wreathed dragon wrapped around and swallowing the tip of an upright sword); person with a tattoo

• 制咤迦せいたか

  Seitaka (Shintō goddess)

• 寝釈迦ねしゃか

  image of the recumbent Buddha

• 底野迦テリアカ

  theriac (antidote to poison)

• 摩ご羅迦まごらが

  mahoraga (protectors of Buddhism depicted as giant serpents)

• 波波迦ははか

  Japanese bird cherry (Prunus grayana)

• 迦具土神かぐつちのかみ

  Kagutsuchi; fire deity who burned to death his mother Izanami during childbirth (and was therefore beheaded by his father Izanagi)

• 迦楼羅かるら

  Garuda (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth); Garua

• 迦葉仏かしょうぶつ

  Kassapa Buddha; Kasyapa Buddha; Kashyapa Buddha

• 迦陵頻伽かりょうびんが

  kalavinka; imaginary bird in paradise that sings sweet notes

• 釈迦に説法しゃかにせっぽう

  teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; lecturing to the Buddha

• 釈迦三尊しゃかさんぞん

  Shakyamuni triad; Gautama triad; image of Shakyamuni (Gautama) Buddha flanked by two attendants

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